Champion Labs Ecore Filter
 

http://www.champlabs.com/products/oilfilters.html

Just wondering if anyone's tried one yet. For those of you not familiar with the E-core design, it just means that the inner core that supports the filter element is plastic, rather than metal.

There's no advantage of it being plastic, except that it does leave more of the element exposed to oil flow; leading some people to say that it's less restrictive.

I believe that Walmart's brand filter is the E-core design too. Any takers?

http://www.champlabs.com/products/oilfilters.gif

Re: E-core oil filter STP
 

i stopped using the supertech filters because they went e-core, theres some horror stories about them breaking and causing oil starvation/blown engines floating around the internet, and personally i wouldnt want anything plastic in a major part of my oil filters.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Do you really think there's any advantage to the consumer of going from metal to plastic?
It's all about the manufacturer saving 0.0001 cents per unit.

"Thermally bonded non-metallic" sounds suspiciously like "hot glued plastic" to me....

I guess it's safe to say that there won't be any buyers from BC. :D

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...03/270769.html

Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder if it's true. :?

Take a look inside of one...there's far more filter element exposed for freer flow.

Are we starving for oil flow, or am I missing something?

I found it! I've been looking all over for this post. I should've copied it the first time I saw it.

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...13&highlight=A

A 15 psi drop in oil pressure; what's up with that? :shock:

And your point is?

We've known about the Fram's for some time now. What does it have to do with the filter you posted?

Is your engine starving for oil? Are you cooking your bearings? What's the fascination?

Can you tell us what you're after here? You started talking about an ecore, now it's a fram, or a a PF47, so what do you want to know? What are you after?